Phi Delta Chi Fraternity
The Phi Delta Chi Fraternity was first founded on November 2, 1883 by 11 men at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Phi Delta Chi is the first Professional Pharmaceutical Fraternity that was created by only pharmacy students.
The 11 men who founded Phi Delta Chi were Charles Edward Bond, Franklin Herbert Frazee, Llewellyn Hall Gardner, Calvin Pomeroy Godfrey, Adolph Gustave Hoffman, Arthur Gilliam Hopper, Charles F. Hueber, George Pawling Leamon, Arthur Sidney Rogers, Azor Thurston, and Albert Tenney Waggoner. They originally named the Fraternity Phi Chi, an organization devoted to pharmacy and chemistry, and the College of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan became known as the Alpha Chapter.
The Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan at that time was Albert Benjamin Prescott and he encouraged the 11 founders to form the Fraternity. On March 1910, Grand Council occurred in New York City and the official name of the Fraternity became Phi Delta Chi instead of Phi Chi to discontinue disagreement with the 2 medical Fraternities that merged into one and also took on the name of Phi Chi.
The Communicator is the official publication of Phi Delta Chi and was first published nationally in 1906. It was originally published as a Chapter publication in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Communicator is now published several times a year and is sent to all Brothers from every Chapter.
Motto: Alterum Alterius Auxilio Eget - Each Needs the Help of the Other
Objective: To advance the science of pharmacy and its allied interests, and to foster and promote a fraternal spirit among its members.
Creed: "A man should first direct himself in the way he should go; only then should he instruct others."
- Buddha
Colors: Old Gold and Dregs of Wine
Flower: The Red Carnation
National webpage of Phi Delta Chi: phideltachi.org
The 11 men who founded Phi Delta Chi were Charles Edward Bond, Franklin Herbert Frazee, Llewellyn Hall Gardner, Calvin Pomeroy Godfrey, Adolph Gustave Hoffman, Arthur Gilliam Hopper, Charles F. Hueber, George Pawling Leamon, Arthur Sidney Rogers, Azor Thurston, and Albert Tenney Waggoner. They originally named the Fraternity Phi Chi, an organization devoted to pharmacy and chemistry, and the College of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan became known as the Alpha Chapter.
The Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan at that time was Albert Benjamin Prescott and he encouraged the 11 founders to form the Fraternity. On March 1910, Grand Council occurred in New York City and the official name of the Fraternity became Phi Delta Chi instead of Phi Chi to discontinue disagreement with the 2 medical Fraternities that merged into one and also took on the name of Phi Chi.
The Communicator is the official publication of Phi Delta Chi and was first published nationally in 1906. It was originally published as a Chapter publication in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Communicator is now published several times a year and is sent to all Brothers from every Chapter.
Motto: Alterum Alterius Auxilio Eget - Each Needs the Help of the Other
Objective: To advance the science of pharmacy and its allied interests, and to foster and promote a fraternal spirit among its members.
Creed: "A man should first direct himself in the way he should go; only then should he instruct others."
- Buddha
Colors: Old Gold and Dregs of Wine
Flower: The Red Carnation
National webpage of Phi Delta Chi: phideltachi.org